Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-04-06
POOR PILUQUESNE.

The NjdandS, with the crooked spire,
which lies amidst a congerieS Of colliers
and coal pits, and which you may see
from tie railway, midway between Der
By and Sheffield.
Many yelIs ago, IN the midst OF the
naninsIIlar war. numb of French
nrls0negs were Inferred I. ere.
MANY wears ago a famous company OF
Blayers was acting there in the dingy
Ittls theater down back ward.
One night. when The Magpie, or the
Maid Of Paliseau,n wa act d, it was
Noted that some half dozen of tile eXiles,
in WON the name Of the play doubtless
evoked some memory of their native
land. came and paid their hardly hoard
ed renee to the gallery. Poor fellowsl
They took their pleasures as sadly as if
tbey had been Englishmen of the Fen
country.
The performer who interested them
mist was the magpie. When she fled
across the stage with the spoon in fer
mouth they applauded inco tlmently.
1t her next Rria flight she trucksmid
Eay on the wire, and the curtain had to
descend in order to extrlcate her from
this perplexing predicament. The mana
ger. an Irishman and a great actOr in
bis tina. stood at he back of the gallery
ltssyeg FraDt onel and wrathfully OBJ
Jur.aleu me property man, adding
various Oaths to lis seed, breed and
generation, Up went the curtain again,
and once more the magpie tried her
eight, but in vain, and the play hal to
end as best it eou d without the aid OF
50 important performer,
At this moment a fair, fragile boy of
seventeen, with flaxeH hair and great
blue eyes with black lashes and eye
bows, timidly approached the irate
inpresSario. The lad was in much
won and stained French naval uniform.
There was hectic flush on his cheek,
and he cOughed slightly, as, taking, off
his cap, he bowed politely to the mana
ger. Tn in the prettieSt broken Eng
lsh he commenced:
ePardon mile pardons, Monsieur
piTecteur, Ia pauvre magpie no fly
straight. make her skim along like a
leetle butterfly. -
"Ahl be off wild yo2r broken down
English, boy" said the manager.
"Spake to me in the language of La
BE Ia France. Sure, I'm a native, and
to the manner born, for got nly two
Pennorth at DoEay. lei en- pIrle Fran
sal2, lci!'' Ee exclaimed. with furious
iIish accent, as he placed his h nd on
his eapaciOus chest.
Thus urged, the boy explained volubly
u MS native tongue that he would un-
dertake to make the magpie fly across
The stage without difficulty.
The next minute they we're behiad
the scenes As they approached the
property room the manager roared:
Larry. Larry, Come out 20 that,
you thief of the world. wonder you're
no. ashamed to lux me in the face!''
u am that same, your honor" re
SSponded the man, but sure It was n,
t,saTTy fauit that some blackguard was
4itneT sticking tinpenny nail in the
9uid magpie's gizzard. Bad luck to her
loI oaste Of bird auyhowPn
., Well here's Young gentleman all
w Way ton Lranco who's gofni TO set
'ne erayture ght," said the manager.
Inc French lad bowed ingratiatingly;
anu glanced wistfully at tue property
man, who al first looked daggers; then
he growled:
hN1,..
loung gmtleman, Shure if it wasn't
ioA Sne trousers, it's a young lady he'd
- "lther maxim, and a beauty, too.
A, vel. Praps his father was IN Ban
- pay IN '9S wid Gineral Hoche and
Sis Shan van Noght and the rest of the
eHolS Anyhow, he's a stranger
stro'-s sh Sc mur;hering Sasssnaehs, So
Hl,e lS taste Of your fist. ma bouecha-
.reA bawn." With that he nearly
'4qeezed I,55 the lads hand to a pulp.
III, m,ha'eVer pain he endured he only
,9Oheq r up and smiled. The smile went
.t.Ist stH@isht 10 Larry's heart, and from that
5ue! were brothers. In five minutes the
'oy put the magpie 7 ght.
rom mat time forth lac was scarcely
t,et t,toa oat OF tie th ater. He soon made
tnaassee.ll ttasel useful il 9 hundred ways 10
.a.1 .,o.teSt Larry, who, although he Godldu't
sp@.A -PesA Word Of French. was capital
bpSSn.oI,niIinlSt, and succeeded in making
+ H1-seH understood. Whenever he came
sf;a. = : usal hitch he went to the beautiful
- - ere, tie laading lady, wha h d
80! ~ eeuca'ed IL . conyens IT. the lower
SSeui'fles t ard Yho sp * F1ench Ger.
~, Italian, Iutcli and Waiioon az
"GTatl! ~, as her mother tongue.
,hdn 1ueh The manager. who had taken tc
b;s e stranger, was always on hand w I'll
wSiaI atocio sHibernian French; beside.
Is5, Ssich poor Piluquesno that was the
ans .ru ,i) ihame) spoke many English words
t',on I'm tie youngsters of the theater SO X
tI,n ;.,i' ~ french ones-veIy badly. It j.
HSS, ~ LAT still inteliigiDly enonen.
or pm pm! generally called Lin Poor Pil, /,
e tie e. told them that he was "the onl,
~ ~ ), ~ ms mother, and she was a wild
~, ~, and that he had been a midship
itan ina.. Y the .:rehch navy. lie vas a
bort 90! most Of tie day, but had 70 re
prior t;iilsSl r. iesil every night ct luartep
cat ~ iaSI, when the end of the seaso,
'11'e' Poor PIP sOugh. Miss We're a